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Amanda Shires
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Amanda Shires is a singer, songwriter and fiddle player who grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and played fiddle with the Texas Playboys as a teenager. She sang with The Highwomen, whose 2019 debut album went to No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The Americana Music Association named her Emerging Artist of the Year in 2017.

Hometown
Lubbock, Texas
Americana Emerging Artist of the Year
2017

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